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![A thinned forest plot.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2013/11/04190807/thinned.jpg)
Thinned forest plot
Forest managers have thinned and cut gaps in dense, second-growth forests to try to encourage more diversity that resembles an old-growth forest. UW researchers have found that snow lasts longer in open areas than in the forest.Photo Credit: University of Washington